The ending of a policy of racial segregation is best described as what?

• A. Desegregation
• B. International
• C. Ku Klux Klan
• D. Populist (Party)

Answer: (A)

Desegregation is the process of ending laws or policies that keep people of different races separate. When desegregation happens, places like schools, buses, and public facilities no longer divide people by race, allowing everyone to participate together. In U.S. history, desegregation followed Jim Crow laws and was advanced by landmark actions and laws in the Civil Rights era that struck down segregation and opened opportunities for all citizens. The other options don’t fit because they refer to things unrelated to ending racial separation: international describes global affairs, the Ku Klux Klan is a white supremacist group associated with enforcing segregation (not ending it), and the Populist Party was a political party with broader platform goals, not the act of ending segregation.